Bill Text: TX SR30 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Vestana Cornelius Wollos.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-09-30 - Reported enrolled [SR30 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR30-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Vestana Cornelius Wollos | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the | ||
citizens of Dallas in mourning the loss of Vestana Cornelius | ||
Wollos, who died September 21, 2021, at the age of 108; and | ||
WHEREAS, Vestana Wollos was born in the Queen City | ||
community of Dallas on December 12, 1912; she was the seventh and | ||
youngest child of the late Dennis and Eliza Wollos, and she | ||
attended Booker T. Washington High School, the only area school | ||
for black students; and | ||
WHEREAS, This treasured Texan was baptized at Mount Moriah | ||
Missionary Baptist Church at the age of 12, and over the next 80 | ||
years, she faithfully served the church in numerous capacities; | ||
in her youth, she was a member of several auxiliaries, and she | ||
later taught Sunday school and Vacation Bible School; she | ||
established Family Night at the church, and she was a full-time | ||
employee of the church's day-care center for 16 years; her | ||
passion for service had inspired her to attain her nursing | ||
license, and she enjoyed two decades of service as a nurse at | ||
Methodist Hospital from the mid-1950s until her retirement in | ||
1976; and | ||
WHEREAS, Vestana was the mother of two children, and she | ||
was blessed with a family of nine grandchildren, 18 | ||
great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren, who | ||
enriched her life immeasurably; and | ||
WHEREAS, A cherished matriarch and an esteemed member of | ||
her community, Vestana Wollos was a source of strength to her | ||
friends and loved ones through her kind spirit and her faithful | ||
Christian devotion; she was beloved by many, and she will long be | ||
remembered with respect and admiration by all who were privileged | ||
to share in her life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby extend sincere | ||
condolences to the bereaved family of Vestana Cornelius Wollos; | ||
and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
her family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas | ||
Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in | ||
memory of Vestana Wollos. | ||
West | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on September 30, 2021, | ||
by a rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |